Lavabit founder is fighting for all of our Privacy rights!
Lavabit, a private email service used by whistleblower Edward Snowden, has been in court appealing against a government order to hand over its encryption keys. Commentators say the case could represent a landmark for internet privacy.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25980669
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The promise of Privacy is not only dangerous, it’s FALSE!
In the wake of the Snowden disclosures, more and more apps are making a promise that people want desperately to believe: You can still control emails, texts, photos, and videos even after you’ve sent them to other people.
Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/01/29/snapchat_and_other_privacy_apps_make_a_promise_they_can_t_keep.html
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Here are some simple tips to secure your smartphone.
Recently uncovered PowerPoint slides used by the National Security Agency and its British equivalent indicate that the spy agencies have been intercepting personal data sent by “leaky” smartphone apps.
The New York Times, the Guardian and ProPublica all reported that documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden showed that the agency and Britain’s GCHQ collected data transmitted “in the clear” by “Angry Birds,” Facebook, Flickr, Flixster, Google Maps, LinkedIn, Photobucket and Twitter.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/7-ways-stop-nsa-spying-your-smartphone-2D12008815
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From “Angry Birds” to “Gooogle Maps”, governments will stop at nothing to spy on its citizens!
Is Privacy dead?
British and American spy agencies use mobile phone applications such as the game Angry Birds to gain access to users’ personal data, leaked documents revealed.
GCHQ, the government’s listening post, and the US National Security Agency (NSA) are using smartphone applications to gather private details such as age, gender and location, as well as contacts and websites visited.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/28/angry-birds-spy-gchq_n_4678269.html
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First Target then Neiman Marcus and now Michaels.
All victims of credit card theft!
Are you a victim too?
In what’s becoming a growing trend as of late, arts and crafts retailer Michaels is investigating a possible data breach that may have put customers’ credit card data at risk. The news first surfaced via Krebs on Security but has since been confirmed by the US Secret Service and a statement from Michaels.
Read more: http://www.techspot.com/news/55450-arts-and-crafts-retailer-michaels-latest-victim-of-credit-card-data-theft.html
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Unencrypted data including names, social security numbers, and addresses of 74,000 employees were on these stolen laptops.
Coca-Cola Co. said on Friday that personal information on as many as 74,000 employees, contractors and suppliers were on laptops that it said were temporarily stolen from its Atlanta headquarters.
The beverage giant told its U.S. and Canadian employees the data on the laptops, which wasn’t encrypted, included names, Social Security numbers and addresses, as well as details like financial compensation and ethnicity.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/01/25/coca-cola-stolen-laptops-had-personal-information-74000/
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Republicans take the lead and call for an end to mass surveillance of Americans domestic phone calls!
In the latest indication of a growing libertarian wing of the GOP, the Republican National Committee passed a resolution Friday calling for an investigation into the “gross infringement” of Americans’ rights by National Security Agency programs..
Read more: Republican Party Calls For End To NSA Domestic Phone Records Program | TIME.com http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/24/exclusive-republican-party-calls-for-investigation-into-nsa-snooping/#ixzz2rQu7MRmP
Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/24/exclusive-republican-party-calls-for-investigation-into-nsa-snooping/#ixzz2rQtstEQM
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With the Internet of Things we need to make sure our connected things talk to us and not to strangers!
All of the wonderful sites and services and content that we enjoy today, much of it free of charge, is powered by data that’s collected, often to better advertise, but sometimes just to better tailor services to it.
Of course, it could be true that some of that data can be misused and that some consumers might not be aware of how it used, and we need to do a better job of educating them about this.
Read more: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/nation/jan-june14/privacy2_01-23.html
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This is how the Internet looks to the online advertising business today:
This is how they approach it:
And this is the result:
Advertising is a huge source of the “data pollution” Fred Wilson talked about at LeWeb a few weeks ago. (See here, starting at about 23 minutes in.)
What’s wrong with this view, and this approach, is the architectural assumption that:
Yet here is what remains true, regardless of the prevailing assumptions of the marketing world:
The key is to replicate online the experience of operating as a free and independent customer in the physical world.
For example, when you go into a store, your default state is anonymity. Unless you are already known by name to the people at the store, you are nameless by default. This is a civic grace. There is no need to know everybody by name, and to do so might actually slow things down and make the world strange and creepy. (Ask anybody who has lived in a surveillance state, such as East Germany before it fell, what it is like to be followed, or to know you might be followed, all the time.) We haven’t yet invented ways to be anonymous online, or to control one’s anonymity. But that’s a challenge, isn’t it? Meaning it is also a market opportunity.
We’ve lived in a fishbowl long enough. Time to get human. I guarantee there’s a lot more money coming from human beings than from fish whose only utterances are clicks.
Customer Commons is supporting, and board member, Mary Hodder, is hosting the Bay Area event. Additionally, there are NYC and London locations. Please join us if you are interested:
Data Privacy Legal Hackathon 2014
This is an unprecedented year documenting our loss of Privacy. Never before have we needed to stand up and team up to do something about it. In honour of Privacy Day, the Legal Hackers are leading the charge to do something about it, inspiring a two-day international Data Privacy Legal Hackathon. This is no ordinary event. Instead of talking about creating privacy tools in theory, the Data Privacy Legal Hackathon is about action! A call to action for tech & legal innovators who want to make a difference!
We are happy to announce a Data Privacy Legal Hackathon and invite the Kantara Community to get involved and participate. We are involved in not only hosting a Pre-Hackathon Project to create a Legal Map for consent laws across jurisdictions, but the CISWG will also be posting a project for the Consent Receipt Scenario that is posted in on the ISWG wiki.
The intention is to hack Open Notice with a Common Legal Map to create consent receipts that enable ‘customisers’ to control personal information If you would like to get involved in the hackathon, show your support, or help build the consent receipt infrastructure please get involved right away — you can get intouch with Mark (dot) Lizar (at)gmail (dot) com, Hodder (at) gmail (dot) com, or join the group pages that are in links below.
Across three locations on February 8th & 9th, 2014, get your Eventbrite Tickets Here:
* New York City * London, UK * San Francisco *
http://legalhackers.org/privacyhack2014/
This two-day event aims to mix the tech and legal scenes with people and companies that want to champion personal data privacy. Connecting entrepreneurs, developers, product makers, legal scholars, lawyers, and investors.
Each location will host a two-day “judged” hacking competition with a prize awarding finale, followed by an after-party to celebrate the event.
The Main Themes to The Hackathon Are:
Prizes will be awarded:
There are pre-hackathon projects and activities. Join the Hackerleague to participate in these efforts and list your hack:
Sponsorship Is Available & Needed
Any organization or company seeking to show active support for data privacy and privacy technologies is invited to get involved.
Contact NYC sponsorship: Phil Weiss email or @philwdjjd
Contact Bay Area sponsorship: Mary Hodder – Hodder (at) gmail (dot) com – Phone: 510 701 1975
Contact London sponsorship: Mark Lizar – Mark (dot) Lizar (at)gmail (dot) com – Phone: +44 02081237426 – @smarthart
